Category Archives: National
Thousands form orderly queue to pay respects to Queen
LONDON (Reuters) -Thousands of mourners took their places in a queue snaking around the center of London on Thursday, recognizing without complaint that they might have to wait for hours to see the la...
Sep 14, 2022 A view shows the procession of the coffin of Britain's Queen Elizabeth from Buckingham Palace to the Houses of Parliament for her lying in state, in London, Britain, September 14, 2022. REUTERS/Marko Djurica/Pool
U.S. government makes contingency plans for rail shutdown
WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -President Joe Biden's administration on Tuesday made contingency plans aiming to ensure deliveries of critical goods in the event of a shutdown of the U.S. rail syste...
Sep 14, 2022 FILE PHOTO: Burlington Northern Santa Fe trains make their way through a rail yard in Chicago November 3, 2009. REUTERS/John Gress/File Photo
One hurt as package explodes at university in Boston -police
(Reuters) -A 45-year-old employee of Boston's Northeastern University was injured on Tuesday when a package delivered to the school exploded while he was handling it, police said, adding that a second...
Sep 14, 2022 An area cordoned off as Boston Police Department's Bomb Squad, Boston Emergency Management Services and other law enforcement agencies respond after a package delivered to Holmes Hall at Northeastern University exploded, in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., September 13, 2022. REUTERS/Nicholas Pfosi
Biden celebrates 'Inflation Reduction Act' as food, rent prices climb
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden celebrated his climate change and drug pricing law, The Inflation Reduction Act, on Tuesday on the White House lawn, highlighting Democrats' commitment to pro...
Sep 13, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks to tout the benefits of the "Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act," at Boston Logan International Airport's Terminal E in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., September 12, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
U.S. Senate panel presses Twitter CEO on whistleblower claims
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the panel's top Republican on Monday asked Twitter Inc Chief Executive Parag Agrawal to answer questions about a former company ex...
Sep 13, 2022 FILE PHOTO - Parag Agrawal, CEO of Twitter, attends the annual Allen and Co. Sun Valley Media Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, U.S., July 7, 2022. Picture taken July 7, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Monthly U.S. consumer prices unexpectedly rise in August; core inflation picks up
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Monthly U.S consumer prices unexpectedly rose in August as declining gasoline prices were offset by gains in the costs of rent and food, giving cover for the Federal Reserve to ...
Sep 13, 2022 FILE PHOTO: A woman shops for groceries at El Progreso Market in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of Washington, D.C., U.S., August 19, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger
King Charles heads to N.Ireland, queen's coffin to be flown to London
BELFAST/EDINBURGH (Reuters) - King Charles heads to Northern Ireland on Tuesday, leading the mourning for Queen Elizabeth in the four parts of the United Kingdom before his mother's coffin is flown to...
Sep 13, 2022 The cortege makes its way on The Mall in a nighttime rehearsal for when the coffin will be moved from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall, where Britain's Queen Elizabeth will lie in state for four days, following her death, in London, Britain September 13, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs
Ukraine pushes to retake all land from Russia, calls for Western arms
ON ROAD TO BALAKLIIA, Ukraine (Reuters) -Ukraine said on Tuesday it aimed to liberate all of its territory after driving back Russian forces in the northeast of country in a rapid offensive, but calle...
Sep 13, 2022 A police sapper carries a cassette with anti-personnel mines POM-3 after return from the village of Udy, recently liberated by Ukrainian Armed Forces, in the town of Zolochiv, Kharkiv region, Ukraine September 12, 2022. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
U.S. Justice Department says it would support Trump-backed candidate as special master
(Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Monday said it would support Raymond Dearie, a candidate backed by former President Donald Trump, for the role of independent arbiter, known as a special mas...
Sep 13, 2022 FILE PHOTO: An American flag waves outside the U.S. Department of Justice Building in Washington, U.S., December 15, 2020. REUTERS/Al Drago/File Photo
Biden administration presses unions, railroads to avoid shutdown
WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -The Biden administration on Monday urged railroads and unions to reach a deal to avoid a shutdown of the rail system, saying it would pose "an unacceptable outcome" t...
Sep 12, 2022 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to reporters as he departs for Boston from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, U.S., September 12, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
